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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Harvard University denies allegations of racial bias, and the school's attorneys presented their own set of statistics to prove their case. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Harvard discrimination trial is ending, but lawsuit is far from over

For Asian-American parent Jane Chen, this legal battle was a long time coming.

7 years ago

Founders Hall at Haverford College (Wikimedia Common s)
Courts & Law

Haverford College sues Trump admin. over crackdown on lapsed student visas

More than one in ten of the 1,300 students enrolled at the 185-year-old Quaker institution have student visas.

7 years ago

Browne Hall on the quad at Cheyney University
Education

As enrollment declines at Pa. state universities, Cheyney’s plummets 38 percent

The system’s enrollment decreased by 4 percent since last year.

7 years ago

Seth Frotman, former student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, poses at NPR headquarters in September. Frotman and his team reviewed thousands of complaints about the questionable practices of student loan companies. (Cameron Pollack/NPR)
NPR
Money

Why Public Service Loan Forgiveness is so unforgiving

This is the story of Seth Frotman, the mangling of the program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and what it says about America's student loan industry.

7 years ago

Young Asian-American student holding books at chalkboard. (Deborah Lee/NPR)
NPR
Courts & Law

What to know about affirmative action as the Harvard trial begins

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This Oct. 31, 2014, photo provided by Patrick Carns shows Timothy Piazza, (center), with his parents Evelyn and James Piazza, during Hunterdon Central Regional High School football's 'Senior Night' at the high school's stadium in Flemington, N.J. (Patrick Carns via AP)
Politics & Policy

Pa. OKs tougher penalties for hazing in name of deceased Penn State student

Stricter criminal penalties for hazing will soon become law under legislation that has unanimously passed both chambers of the Pennsylvan ...

7 years ago

Community College of Philadelphia and Rutgers University Camden are joining to help the community college students easily transfer to the Camden university to pursue their bachelor degrees. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Community College of Philadelphia, Rutgers Camden partner on dual admission

The partnership means a seamless transfer for the Philadelphia college students to the Camden university as they pursue their bachelor's degrees.

7 years ago

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Ruth D'Eredita, poses for a portrait in her home in Vienna, Va., Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. D-Eredita graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1984 and last October reported that a professor sexually assaulted her when she was a sophomore in college. Universities have seen an increase in decades-old sexual misconduct complaints amid the MeToo movement. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Community

#MeToo inspires wave of old misconduct reports to colleges

Reports from deep in the past have also raised big questions about how to investigate such cases.

7 years ago

NextGen Pennsylvania holds a voter registration drive on the Drexel Campus. (NextGen Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy

Del., N.J., Pa. universities make ‘best of’ list for voter engagement efforts

The Washington Monthly magazine evaluates schools on contributions to social mobility, research and public service.

7 years ago

Rowan University
Community

Rowan U. to hold town hall after viral video shows police drawing guns at students

The encounter raised questions about police use of force and racial bias in law enforcement, because the driver of the car was black.

7 years ago

A sign outside of the Navient office
Courts & Law

Teachers union sues student loan servicer Navient

At the center of the lawsuit is the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

7 years ago

The Arboretum at the Barnes Foundation in Lower Merion will become instrumental in educating horticulture students at St. Joseph's University under a new partnership that will enhance opportunities for students at both institutions. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Realizing Barnes’ dream, Lower Merion garden entrusted to St. Joe’s University

The Barnes Foundation arboretum, at the original Lower Marion location, is now operated by St. Joseph's University.

7 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Theatre Co. opens 40th season with touchdown in ‘Sanctions’

The play takes a hard look at the underbelly of college athletic programs.

7 years ago

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Betsy DeVos decries attacks on campus speech in Philly lecture

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called out the nation’s universities Monday in a talk about campus free speech and the First Amendment.

7 years ago

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Bob Cavanagh, left, and Linda Moore, center, wait in an evacuation shelter setup at the Conway High School for the arrival of Hurricane Florence on Thursday in Conway, S.C. Many schools in the area have closed or been converted to shelters for residents in the region. (Getty)
NPR
Education

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7 years ago

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